TF2 Official Blog

• Fixed a client crash when downloading custom maps for the Mac version
• Fixed browser cookies not persisting across game restarts
• Fixed the Festive Frontier Justice using the incorrect skin for the Blue team
• Fixed the Virus Doctor painting the entire hat instead of just the bands
• Fixed the shading for the Couvre Corner, Stout Shako, L'Inspecteur , and Full Metal Drill Hat
• Stopped dropping Mann Co Supply Crate #55 and added Mann Co Supply Crate #59
• Updated the Pocket Pyro so it can get assists in Pyrovision
• Updated the Liquidator's Lid so it can be painted
• Updated VR mode
  • Added support for cloning your desktop display
  • Added support for running the Rift as an extension of your desktop at resolutions other than 1280x800

We were really impressed that so many of you resubmitted your items as Gold Star submissions since our last post two days ago. Now, given that this is what we asked you to do, you might wonder why we’re so impressed, and the answer is that nobody’s ever done anything we asked ever, so this is a bit of a novelty for us. We’ve been asking Robin Walker to stop breaking into our houses at 2AM to show us his latest hat designs for two years now, and we still wake up with him hovering inches over us, whispering “No worries” and holding up his sketchpad.

But enough about our night terror! The important part is that, to celebrate, we grabbed some of those Gold Star submissions and shipped them. “How much did you ship them?” you ask, your eyebrow arching suspiciously. We shipped them all the way, guys. No half-measures. We shipped the HELL out of these items.

This isn’t the big update we hinted at in the last post, by the way, or any of the other super-secret update content we've been working on that we haven't even hinted at yet*. This is just a little taste, a tide-me-over, what the French might call an amuse-bouche (“Your mouth pleases me.”) Enjoy! Or as the French say, Bon appétit! ("It is good that you are starving.")

*Except just then.

• Added 10 new Steam Workshop items
  • http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=10864
• Added new promo items
• Fixed the in-game UI not using the Language setting from the TF2 Properties dialog in the Steam UI
• Fixed not hearing the Loose Cannon impact sound when playing on dedicated servers

Over the weekend we hit a new landmark, with over ten million dollars paid out to over 400 contributors and partners. And close to $250,000 of that figure will be paid out to the sixty-plus people who created the Robotic Boogaloo update.

If you just read that last paragraph and are kicking yourself for not making that beard of bees sketch a reality, here's the good news: We've also done a bunch of work improving the item submission tool, so it's never been easier to submit. The tool now automatically tests new creations against a set of standards, meaning anything you create is now significantly more likely to be game-ready.

You can now also see how your items will render on TF2 characters within the tool, making the creation process itself even quicker. Plus, every item submitted through the tool will now be tagged with a gold star, showing everyone that it's been vetted. FYI, our next update is going to ship exclusively with "gold star" items, and there's going to be no limit on how many we'll include. (Check out the Workshop FAQ for more info.)

In short, there's never been an easier, faster or more rewarding time to submit to the Workshop. If you're not making that beard of bees dream a reality, let's face it, at this point it's probably a motivational problem on your end.

• Added a new promo item
• Unusual hats that are tradable can now be listed on the Steam Community Market
• Updated the network interpolation and update convars so they can be changed immediately after changing class and respawning. This allows the automatically executed [classname].cfg files to update the values.
• Fixed a bug that would cause some players who used an "Upgrade to Premium" item to be unable to thank another player after upgrading. Accounts that were affected by this bug have been retroactively fixed and will have the option to thank a helpful player automatically next time they log in.
• The ITFItems/GetPlayerItems and ITFItems/GetSchema WebAPI interfaces are now deprecated and will eventually be removed. External tools can call IEconItems/GetPlayerItems and IEconItems/GetSchema for current data.

• Fixed the game failing to launch on Mac OS X 10.5
• Fixed a client crash caused by using custom HUD files
• Fixed a client crash related to the hatless hats and the character loadout screen
• Updated the network interpolation and update convars so they can be changed when dead

• Unusual effects:
  • Attachment point and offset for particle effects on unusual hats can now be adjusted from the character loadout screen
  • Fixed a bug that would cause unusual effects to float in the air over dead players
  • Fixed a bug that would cause unusual effects to show incorrectly sometimes when spectating other players
• Network interpolation and update convars can no longer be changed when playing. To configure these convars, players must not be connected to a server or must join the spectators
• Fixed a server crash caused by out-of-range animation sequence numbers
• Crates listed on the Community Market are now separated by series
  • Existing listings will be migrated over the next couple days

• Added new Adult Swim items to the Mann Co. Store
  • The Breather Bag, The Weather Master, and The Bacteria Blocker
• Added ETF2L Highlander Season 4 and ETF2L 6v6 Season 14 tournament medals
• Fixed mat_viewportupscale using an error material for clients using DirectX8
• Fixed config_arena.cfg being replaced by the default version when dedicated servers update
• Fixed the Soldier's grenades being hidden when equipping the Full Metal Drill Hat and the Soldier's Sparkplug
• Fixed a missing LOD on the dispenser
• Updated the -insert_search_path delimiter to be a comma instead of a semi-colon
• Updated the equip region on the Practitioner's Processing Mask to match the Physician's Procedure Mask
• Updated The Conscientious Objector and The Bat Outta Hell so they can be crafted and can be used to craft other items